News: Then & Now

Compare today's media to yesterday's and discuss how the "first draft of history" is often written by the press. News: Then & Now is a Teaching with Primary Sources project.

Why Target is being boycotted, and how the company has responded

K-pop band 1VERSE, featuring two North Korean defectors, makes global debut

East Wing of White House torn down as Trump clears space for his ballroom

Daily News Lesson December 08 2025

Learn about the origins of an increasingly popular American sport

Daily News Lesson November 25 2025

Discuss how asylum claims have changed under the Trump administration

Daily News Lesson September 03 2025

Learn why the FDA has limited access to COVID vaccines to those most at risk

Daily News Lesson December 26 2025

Learn about the history of Santa Claus as a symbol of Christmas and mid-winter traditions

Daily News Lesson August 25 2025

Learn more about the Target boycott and connections to political boycotts of the past

Daily News Lesson December 18 2025

Explore the making of this PBS documentary and why students continue to study the American Revolution

Daily News Lesson October 16 2025

Learn about an indigenous leader who was pardoned by President Biden at the end of his term

Daily News Lesson October 24 2025

Learn of the White House exemption to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966

Daily News Lesson August 01 2025

"...it's well over an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from food waste management." - Eric Roy

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